Posts Tagged ‘bernanke’


Posted by StockRake on August 10, 2011 in Technical Analysis, Trades

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start

This is what the market needs right now – a cheat code. Bernanke can use the fireball gun, and Obama can use the spread. EACH PERSON MUST USE A DIFFERENT WEAPON. That’s the way it was for me and brother. Never the same gun – unwritten rules of Contra the market. I decided that this …

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Posted by StockRake on July 14, 2008 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Market Comments

Well It Looked Good For About 20 Minutes Then Slammo

The market was all over the friggin place. Who is ready to give up and go home? Thats a good sign if you are. Up and down all day with a big rally that happened at 3:25 then a big sell off at about 3:45. When the VIX gets up to these levels the moves …

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Posted by StockRake on November 7, 2007 in What Sucked Today

What Sucked Today 1172007

Being long. Indexes just dumped today. I lost about 5% on my NDX position. NOT GOOD. Its fucking up my yearly performance bigtime. CSCO didn’t help. Very similar to ATVI. Good numbers…well ATVI were amazing numbers, and the good news is getting sold. Late day CSCO calls buy – What a flop this trade is. …

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Posted by StockRake on October 11, 2007 in Market Comments

What Worked Today 10112007

Being long overnight and selling out in the morning. Whew….was that lucky. I was getting pissed that I missed another boat, but it ended up being a good trade. I sold my index funds in the morning and captured 1.4% gain. I also bought into weakness today and went long heavy. Bernanke is speaking tomorrow …

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Posted by StockRake on September 17, 2007 in What Sucked Today

What Sucked Today 9172007

On the day before the biggest Federal Reserve meeting in a few years, the market went down. The Dow was not down to badly, but the RUT and NDX both took near 1% losses which was a 2% beating for me and my long positions. Normally the pattern is slightly bullish heading into the announcement, …

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